Gordon Brown wants to save the planet again.

British prime minister Gordon Brown wants to save the planet again. However, the Labour administration has squandered various opportunities to convert the UK into a low carbon economy. Energy policy has stagnated since 1997 with the government seemingly committed not to build new power stations in the UK. The takeover of British Energy by French power group EDF might have seemed a smart idea at the time but it means our nuclear power policy is mainly up to the whims of an overseas company.
I suppose we will have the worse of both worlds: black and brown outs combined with a not very environmentally friendly energy industry. The recent report from UK energy regulator Ofgem was surprising for being non-positive from a government agency.
Apparently, British families will be facing energy bills of £2,000 a year to pay for all the nuclear power and renewable energies, which will be needed to reach the low carbon targets.